300 BAaLFOUR—RHODODENDRON : 
1.5 mm. diam. lepidoti, vetustiores verruculosi. Folia petiolata 
ad 6 cm. longa; lamina coriacea rigida anguste lanceolata vel 
oblongo-lanceolata circ. 5.3 cm. longa: 1.5 cm. lata ut- 
rinque attenuata, apice late acuminata vel acuta mucrone 
kermesino terminata, margine cartilaginea paullo recurva 
obscure undulata, basi cuneata; supra primo squamis 
aurantiacis sabscistitlantibus discontiguis vestita dein squa- 
marum vestigiis nigricantibus obscure notata, costa media 
rufa glabra, venis primariis suboccultis; subtus fere nigro- 
cinerea papillis epidermicis ceriferis cinereis tecta squamis bi- 
formibus discontiguis (in quoque mm. quadr. circ. 12) nigricanti- 
bus (majoribus paucis punctiformibus) vestita, costa media 
erubescente sparsim nigro-lepidota, venis primariis occultis ; peti- 
olus circ. 7 mm. longus lepidoto-verruculosus. Umbellae tri- 
florae terminales; bracteae deciduae; bracteolae circ. 8 mm. 
longae clavato-lineares a basi pilosae pilo-cristatae ; pedicelli pur- 
purei 1-1.5 cm. longi dense lepidoti superne incrassati. Calyx 
foliaceus 5-partitus ad 6 mm. longus (post anthesin auctus ad 1 _ 
em. vel ultra) ; cupula purpurea dense lepidota ; lobi oblongo-ovati 
flabellatim striati primo flavido-virides margine minutissime 
denticulati saepe squamo-ciliati etiam pilo-ciliati demum sub- 
rigidi cero-glauci erubescentes margine cum denticulis auctis 
setulosi. Corolla anguste infundibuliformis pallide rosea circ. 3 
em. longa 5-loba; tubus angustus basi circ. 2 mm. diam. sursun 
in limbum latum 1.7 mm. longum ampliatus intus extusque 
glaber ; limbus extus lepidotus ; lobi oblongo-ovales cire. 1.3 cm. 
longi § mm. lati integri. Stamina (in floribus paucis visis veri- 
similiter abnormia) brevissima inaequalia, longiora circ. 8 mmi. 
longa, breviora circ. 5 mm.; filamenta ad basim puberula ; an- 
therae parvulae. Discus puberulas. Gynaeceum circ. 2 cm. 
longum corolla multo brevius ; ovarium conoideum profunde sui- 
catum circ. 3mm. longum in stylum attenuatum; stylus bavi 
lepidotus sub stigmate discoideo lobulato vix ampliatus. Species 
Rh. te hittin Balf. f. et Farrer affinis. | 
N.E. Burma. Crags of Shing Hong. Alt. 10,000 ft. Farrer 
1645. re 21, 1920. With the last two a bush of 2 feet or so. 
Flowers rosy-pink. I cannot be certain that this does not = 
Farrer 1567 [ Rh. tephropeplum]. 
Rh. spodopeplum is certainly a near ally of Rh. tephropeplum, 
Balf. f. et Farrer as Mr Farrer suggests but they are not the 
same species. They agree in the ash-grey indumentum produced 
in the same way on the underleaf-surface—quite an exceptional 
character in the genus. In Rh. spodopeplum the transition from 
an earlier brown-grey state is clearly seen. But the leaves ia 
_ Rh. spodopeplum are much narrower than in Rh. tephropeplum 
and are acuminate OF . Very. acute. Flower-characters give an 
